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Captivate Awards Tonight

Hayley’s film “Saviours”, which she co-produced with her friend Heather, was shortlisted for the Captivate contest.
We’re going tonight to the awards part of the contest. It will be our first awards ceremony, but I know that it is the first of many for my daughter.
She called me from school where she got notification that [...]

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Commitment and Passion

I learn so much from my kids. Tonight, it was Hayley’s turn to teach me something. Tonight, she taught me - or maybe it’s more accurate to say, she re-awoke in me - commitment and passion.
She’s been working with her best friend Heather on a video clip that they created for their school’s Spirit [...]

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It’s Procrastination Time

So I’m working on my deadline, and naturally, after I put the baby to bed, I come downstairs and decide to make garlic bread for the kids. And of course, since it takes a few minutes for the garlic bread to broil to that nice brownish crunchy on the outside stage, I figured I might [...]

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